Showing posts with label Year end review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year end review. Show all posts

Friday, 30 December 2016

2016 - looking back on my year




   Coolum Beach Panorama - oil on canvas 610 mm x 1210 mm

A few years ago, I compiled a list for the year summarising my activities for the year. I decided to do one for 2016. (The highlighted text indicates a link to the relevant blog post.)

- Exhibitions: Rotary Art Spectacular 2016; Lethbridge 10,000Botanique 

- I've written 52 Blog posts here on Art Matters - and kept to my plan of posting an average of one per week.

-Recreating Family memories – I painted images from a family album as a  Christmas gift. 

-Red Bubble – my online shop was set up showcasing several products with  images of my work.

-Etsy – new paintings were added throughout the year

-Website makeover – predictably this was a time sink, although it was worthwhile in the  end.

-Experimentation with process videos – ongoing – there's lots to learn...

-Portraits – continued exploration – my Portrait of Dan won a prize at Nundah  Art Exhibition – and experiments with a new surface – Ampersand Claybord 

-Tasmania – a wonderful short, inspiring holiday

-Illustration commission to re-create old photographs for the Highlands House  commemorative booklet.

-Plein air sketching throughout the year – not as often as I would have liked, perhaps something to plan for in 2017.

May your new year be filled with happiness and an abundance of creativity.

Thursday, 31 December 2015

2015 - A List


A collage of watercolours from the Pecolator Exhibition

Summer 
  • New Years Eve at Coolum Beach - sketching
  • 4th January - my first visit to Sydney - at the Museum of Contemporary Art seeing Chuck Close was a highlight; meeting Liz Steel and the Sydney urban sketchers  IRL was another.
  • Aspire Gallery - Petit Pieces Exhibition
  • Brisbane Collective - my sketch in print!
  • Facebook Art Challenge
Autumn 
  • Discovered Sktchy app
  • Deep Ripple selected as a finalist for the Moreton Bay Regional Art Award
  • Pond Reflections selected for the Lethbridge 10,000
  • Still selected for the Rotary Art Spectacular at Waterfront Place - Watching and Rocks 24th December 2014 selected for the online exhibition - and Watching found a new home.
  • Deep Ripple selected as a finalist for the Moreton Bay Regional Art Award
Winter
  • Pond Reflections selected for the Lethbridge 10,000 and Paperbark for the online exhibition. 
  • A Gold Coast escape - a few days sketching
  • Holiday workshops - The popular Introduction to Oils and a Painting Bootcamp
Spring
  • A week away in Noosa and a Cedar Pocket - more sketching
  • Nundah Village Art Exhibtion - 4 paintings on show
  • cARTwheel Collabortative exhibition at Percolator Gallery with three artist friends, and quite a few paintings found new homes...
  • Miniatures and ink drawings at The Good Hatt Paddington Antique Centre
  • Queensland State Library - teaching at a workshop for Peace.
Summer
  • 10th December - An Anniversary - five wonderful years in Brisbane
  • Still busy with Sktchy
  • a few watercolour commissions
  • And we've rolled around to the beginning and it's summer holidays again!
  • Happy New Year to all of you - stay safe - stay creative.
I've added some links (in pink!) so you can re-visit my year.

Friday, 20 December 2013

Where did 2013 go ?

It is said that the older one gets the faster time goes. 

Perhaps it's the awareness that the road ahead is undoubtedly shorter than the road already travelled; perhaps it's because there are so many projects still to do; or it’s the realization that there aren't enough days left to accomplish everything.

Then you know that each precious day should be treasured and filled to capacity.

As I look back on 2013, I realize that it's been a busy year - the highlighted words link to the images and blog posts.
 
Here’s what I've been up to: 


Postcards from Europe - oil on linen -910mm x 1200mm ©2013 Carol Lee Beckx
  • Postcards from Europe - this painting captured special travel memories for my client.
  • Testing the Stillman & Birn Beta sketchbook - there's an album of these drawings and paintings here on Flickr.
  • A major website re-design was a lot of work but very rewarding.
  • Two different portraits were delivered - such fun!
  • Exhibiting at The Rotary Art Spectacular - my first time at this prestigious exhibition
  • Lethbridge10,000 - I was so pleased to be an artist selected for the gallery exhibition.
  • Re-creating a client's Greek holiday memories - and here are the paintings. 
  • Painting a portrait of a dear Grandson - I would love to do more portraits next year - I still have so much to learn...
  • A painting with a difference - Time for Pizza - a painting for a patio with a new pizza oven.




  • Art classes were held throughout the year and a number of one day workshops:
Ink and Wash; Composition; Watercolour - New Directions; and Introduction to oils
    My good wishes go out to all my readers over this holiday season.
I wish you a Happy Christmas.I hope you will have time to stop and relax; to enjoy the company of family and special friends; and may you have time to dream a little…